KUWAIT CITY, June 25: A Kuwaiti lady working at Ahmadi Immigration Department was arrested on accusations of forging official documents and issuing residence permits for money without approval of the concerned authority, noting the transactions were not signed by the head of department, although documented in archives.

The arrest followed directives from the Undersecretary of Interior Ministry Lieutenant General Suleiman Al- Fahad and Assistant Undersecretary for Citizenship and Passport Affairs Major General Mazen Al-Jarallah based on a tip-off the General Immigration Department received alleging a Kuwaiti lady working in the Ahmadi Immigration Department was issuing visas off the record for money.

In the meantime, necessary investigations were conducted to confirm the report and detectives uncovered the accused, in cooperation with some relatives, had issued 27 domestic visas. Detectives confirmed that the visas were issued under the sponsorship of the accused and some of her relatives. One of the beneficiaries of the visas was arrested and he confessed paying KD 550 to an Asian middleman to obtain domestic visa. All suspects in connection with the case have since been referred to the concerned authority.

Bangladeshi selling porn: The Farwaniya police have arrested a Bangladeshi for selling pornographic films, reports Al- Anba daily. The daily added, police acting on information rushed to a market in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh and caught the man redhanded. Police have also seized from the man 440 porno CDs and referred him to the authorities.